Audio-Me
Headphoneus Supremus
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I've observed that lots of different audio equipment escalates information of specific parts or the entire spectrum putting everything on a single plane. This further deviates from natural, some people think of it as an enhancement, I view it as a deliberate alteration which I find to be counter productive in accuracy. Secondary details are presented louder thus bleed into the primary portion of the music and sometimes even overbearing it. In real life, many of these "extras" blend into the rest of the sound or get drowned out.
What I mean by single plain is that soft sounds don't come out as soft, rather as sharp noises which matches or exceeds the volume level of the rest of the sounds. Is this lowered dynamic range? I certainly think so, but it still goes from really quiet to really loud you might argue, look it as two different forms of dynamics. Well if everything is at the same volume level, then coherency should be no problem right? Quite the contrary, everything is severed, resulting in a decrease in resolution and refinement (sort of like information loss of sampling analog into digital). This to me is compressed sound. Decay and texture suffers. What am I talking about? "I still hear every note fade" You're hearing just the sound of the attack get quieter, not actual variation of a sound, and texture couldn't possibly be portrayed since there's no real transient detail being reproduced. With false timbre comes inaccurate imaging leading to distorted soundstage.
Although accuracy might be thrown out the window, articulation heightens clarity and makes it easier to distinguish between different noises. With lower resolution, it reduces chances for confusion helping to follow along with the music better, brighten the beat you could say.
As for high end components that stresses every detail, but don't lose resolution, they may sound neutral, and transparent, but accurate in relation to how stuff sounds in real life, they are not.
I wonder if there are components that increase speed (faster timing) inorder to overload the listener with details fooling him into believing all that he is hearing was info from real time. As in cramming 2 seconds of details into 1 second by doubling the speed of reproduction.
The purist in me hates inflation, but others prefer performance boosts.
What do you take of it? Is this high performance, or fabrication? Do you like it/prefer it, or think nothing of it?
I've observed that lots of different audio equipment escalates information of specific parts or the entire spectrum putting everything on a single plane. This further deviates from natural, some people think of it as an enhancement, I view it as a deliberate alteration which I find to be counter productive in accuracy. Secondary details are presented louder thus bleed into the primary portion of the music and sometimes even overbearing it. In real life, many of these "extras" blend into the rest of the sound or get drowned out.
What I mean by single plain is that soft sounds don't come out as soft, rather as sharp noises which matches or exceeds the volume level of the rest of the sounds. Is this lowered dynamic range? I certainly think so, but it still goes from really quiet to really loud you might argue, look it as two different forms of dynamics. Well if everything is at the same volume level, then coherency should be no problem right? Quite the contrary, everything is severed, resulting in a decrease in resolution and refinement (sort of like information loss of sampling analog into digital). This to me is compressed sound. Decay and texture suffers. What am I talking about? "I still hear every note fade" You're hearing just the sound of the attack get quieter, not actual variation of a sound, and texture couldn't possibly be portrayed since there's no real transient detail being reproduced. With false timbre comes inaccurate imaging leading to distorted soundstage.
Although accuracy might be thrown out the window, articulation heightens clarity and makes it easier to distinguish between different noises. With lower resolution, it reduces chances for confusion helping to follow along with the music better, brighten the beat you could say.
As for high end components that stresses every detail, but don't lose resolution, they may sound neutral, and transparent, but accurate in relation to how stuff sounds in real life, they are not.
I wonder if there are components that increase speed (faster timing) inorder to overload the listener with details fooling him into believing all that he is hearing was info from real time. As in cramming 2 seconds of details into 1 second by doubling the speed of reproduction.
The purist in me hates inflation, but others prefer performance boosts.
What do you take of it? Is this high performance, or fabrication? Do you like it/prefer it, or think nothing of it?